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Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique.

Authors:
Pio Vitorino Rosauro Varo Paola Castillo Juan Carlos Hurtado Fabiola Fernandes Ana Marta Valente Rita Mabunda Sibone Mocumbi Joy M Gary Tiffany G Jenkinson Inacio Mandomando Dianna M Blau Robert F Breiman Quique Bassat

Emerg Infect Dis 2019 08;25(8):1614-1616

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190526DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649333PMC
August 2019

Putative novel cps loci in a large global collection of pneumococci.

Authors:
Andries J van Tonder Rebecca A Gladstone Stephanie W Lo Moon H Nahm Mignon du Plessis Jennifer Cornick Brenda Kwambana-Adams Shabir A Madhi Paulina A Hawkins Rachel Benisty Ron Dagan Dean Everett Martin Antonio Keith P Klugman Anne von Gottberg Robert F Breiman Lesley McGee Stephen D Bentley The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium

Microb Genom 2019 Jul 11;5(7). Epub 2019 Jun 11.

13​https://www.pneumogen.net/gps/.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000274DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700660PMC
July 2019

Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study.

Authors:
Stephanie W Lo Rebecca A Gladstone Andries J van Tonder John A Lees Mignon du Plessis Rachel Benisty Noga Givon-Lavi Paulina A Hawkins Jennifer E Cornick Brenda Kwambana-Adams Pierra Y Law Pak Leung Ho Martin Antonio Dean B Everett Ron Dagan Anne von Gottberg Keith P Klugman Lesley McGee Robert F Breiman Stephen D Bentley

Lancet Infect Dis 2019 Jul 10;19(7):759-769. Epub 2019 Jun 10.

Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30297-XDOI Listing
July 2019

Effectiveness of monovalent rotavirus vaccine against hospitalization with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in Kenyan children.

Authors:
Sammy Khagayi Richard Omore Grieven P Otieno Billy Ogwel John B Ochieng Jane Juma Evans Apondi Godfrey Bigogo Clayton Onyango Mwanajuma Ngama Regina Njeru Betty E Owor Mike J Mwanga Yaw Addo Collins Tabu Anyangu Amwayi Jason M Mwenda Jacqueline E Tate Umesh D Parashar Robert F Breiman D James Nokes Jennifer R Verani

Clin Infect Dis 2019 Jul 20. Epub 2019 Jul 20.

Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz664DOI Listing
July 2019

International genomic definition of pneumococcal lineages, to contextualise disease, antibiotic resistance and vaccine impact.

Authors:
Rebecca A Gladstone Stephanie W Lo John A Lees Nicholas J Croucher Andries J van Tonder Jukka Corander Andrew J Page Pekka Marttinen Leon J Bentley Theresa J Ochoa Pak Leung Ho Mignon du Plessis Jennifer E Cornick Brenda Kwambana-Adams Rachel Benisty Susan A Nzenze Shabir A Madhi Paulina A Hawkins Dean B Everett Martin Antonio Ron Dagan Keith P Klugman Anne von Gottberg Lesley McGee Robert F Breiman Stephen D Bentley

EBioMedicine 2019 May 16;43:338-346. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

Parasites and microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S23523964193025
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.04.021DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557916PMC
May 2019

Early signals of vaccine driven perturbation seen in pneumococcal carriage population genomic data.

Authors:
Chrispin Chaguza Ellen Heinsbroek Rebecca A Gladstone Terence Tafatatha Maaike Alaerts Chikondi Peno Jennifer E Cornick Patrick Musicha Naor Bar-Zeev Arox Kamng'ona Aras Kadioglu Lesley McGee William P Hanage Robert F Breiman Robert S Heyderman Neil French Dean B Everett Stephen D Bentley

Clin Infect Dis 2019 May 16. Epub 2019 May 16.

Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz404DOI Listing
May 2019

Impact of 10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction on Pneumococcal Carriage and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Children aged <5 Years and Adults with HIV Infection, Kenya 2009-2013.

Authors:
Miwako Kobayashi Godfrey Bigogo Lindsay Kim Ondari D Mogeni Laura M Conklin Arthur Odoyo Herine Odiembo Fabiana Pimenta Dominic Ouma Aaron M Harris Kennedy Odero Jennifer L Milucky Alice Ouma George Aol Allan Audi Clayton Onyango Leonard Cosmas Geofrey Jagero Jennifer L Farrar Maria da Gloria Carvalho Cynthia G Whitney Robert F Breiman Fernanda C Lessa

Clin Infect Dis 2019 Apr 9. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA.

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https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz285DOI Listing
April 2019

Reassessment of high prevalence human adenovirus detections among residents of two refugee centers in Kenya under surveillance for acute respiratory infections.

Authors:
Xinwei Wu Xiaoyan Lu Eileen Schneider Jamal A Ahmed M Kariuki Njenga Robert F Breiman Rachel B Eidex Dean D Erdman

J Med Virol 2019 Mar 8;91(3):385-391. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25320DOI Listing
March 2019

Disparities by sex in care-seeking behaviors and treatment outcomes for pneumonia among children admitted to hospitals in Bangladesh.

Authors:
Aliya Naheed Robert F Breiman Md Saimul Islam Samir K Saha Ruchira Tabassum Naved

PLoS One 2019 7;14(3):e0213238. Epub 2019 Mar 7.

Universal Health Coverage, Health System and Population Studies Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6405050PMC
March 2019

Colonization factors among enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea and from matched controls in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

Authors:
Roberto M Vidal Khitam Muhsen Sharon M Tennant Ann-Mari Svennerholm Samba O Sow Dipika Sur Anita K M Zaidi Abu S G Faruque Debasish Saha Richard Adegbola M Jahangir Hossain Pedro L Alonso Robert F Breiman Quique Bassat Boubou Tamboura Doh Sanogo Uma Onwuchekwa Byomkesh Manna Thandavarayan Ramamurthy Suman Kanungo Shahnawaz Ahmed Shahida Qureshi Farheen Quadri Anowar Hossain Sumon K Das Martin Antonio Inacio Mandomando Tacilta Nhampossa Sozinho Acácio Richard Omore John B Ochieng Joseph O Oundo Eric D Mintz Ciara E O'Reilly Lynette Y Berkeley Sofie Livio Sandra Panchalingam Dilruba Nasrin Tamer H Farag Yukun Wu Halvor Sommerfelt Roy M Robins-Browne Felipe Del Canto Tracy H Hazen David A Rasko Karen L Kotloff James P Nataro Myron M Levine

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 01 4;13(1):e0007037. Epub 2019 Jan 4.

Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007037DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343939PMC
January 2019

Rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause and rotavirus acute gastroenteritis before rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, 2010-2013.

Authors:
Richard Omore Sammy Khagayi Billy Ogwel Reuben Onkoba John B Ochieng Jane Juma Stephen Munga Collins Tabu Sergon Kibet J Pekka Nuorti Frank Odhiambo Jason M Mwenda Robert F Breiman Umesh D Parashar Jacqueline E Tate

BMC Infect Dis 2019 Jan 11;19(1):47. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

Division of Viral Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s128
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3615-6DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330491PMC
January 2019

The HPAfrica protocol: Assessment of health behaviour and population-based socioeconomic, hygiene behavioural factors - a standardised repeated cross-sectional study in multiple cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors:
Gi Deok Pak Andrea Haekyung Haselbeck Hyeong Won Seo Isaac Osei John Amuasi Robert F Breiman Ligia Maria Cruz Espinosa Marianne Holm Justin Im Geun Hyeog Jang Hyon Jin Jeon Stephen P Luby Octavie Lunguya-Metila William MacWright Ondari Daniel Mogeni Iruka N Okeke Ellis Owusu-Dabo Jin Kyung Park Se Eun Park Oluwafemi Popoola Hye Jin Seo Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Mekonnen Teferi Trevor Toy Yun Chon Mathilde Rafindrakalia Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Christian G Meyer Florian Marks Ursula Panzner

BMJ Open 2018 12 19;8(12):e021438. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

International Vaccine Institute, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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http://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-02143
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021438DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303690PMC
December 2018

Determining the Best Immunization Strategy for Protecting African Children Against Invasive Salmonella Disease.

Authors:
Hyon Jin Jeon Gi Deok Pak Justin Im Ellis Owusu-Dabo Yaw Adu-Sarkodie Amy Gassama Sow Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Nagla Gasmelseed Karen H Keddy Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen Frank Konings Abraham Aseffa John A Crump Yun Chon Robert F Breiman Se Eun Park Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Hye Jin Seo Jürgen May Christian G Meyer Jason R Andrews Ursula Panzner Vera von Kalckreuth Thomas F Wierzba Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Gordon Dougan Myron M Levine Joachim Hombach Jerome H Kim John D Clemens Stephen Baker Florian Marks

Clin Infect Dis 2018 Nov;67(12):1824-1830

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy386DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260167PMC
November 2018

Global emergence and population dynamics of divergent serotype 3 CC180 pneumococci.

Authors:
Taj Azarian Patrick K Mitchell Maria Georgieva Claudette M Thompson Amel Ghouila Andrew J Pollard Anne von Gottberg Mignon du Plessis Martin Antonio Brenda A Kwambana-Adams Stuart C Clarke Dean Everett Jennifer Cornick Ewa Sadowy Waleria Hryniewicz Anna Skoczynska Jennifer C Moïsi Lesley McGee Bernard Beall Benjamin J Metcalf Robert F Breiman P L Ho Raymond Reid Katherine L O'Brien Rebecca A Gladstone Stephen D Bentley William P Hanage

PLoS Pathog 2018 11 26;14(11):e1007438. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007438DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283594PMC
November 2018

The phylogeography and incidence of multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors:
Se Eun Park Duy Thanh Pham Christine Boinett Vanessa K Wong Gi Deok Pak Ursula Panzner Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Vera von Kalckreuth Justin Im Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt John A Crump Robert F Breiman Yaw Adu-Sarkodie Ellis Owusu-Dabo Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Abraham Aseffa Nagla Gasmelseed Karen H Keddy Jürgen May Amy Gassama Sow Peter Aaby Holly M Biggs Julian T Hertz Joel M Montgomery Leonard Cosmas Beatrice Olack Barry Fields Nimako Sarpong Tsiriniaina Jean Luco Razafindrabe Tiana Mirana Raminosoa Leon Parfait Kabore Emmanuel Sampo Mekonnen Teferi Biruk Yeshitela Muna Ahmed El Tayeb Arvinda Sooka Christian G Meyer Ralf Krumkamp Denise Myriam Dekker Anna Jaeger Sven Poppert Adama Tall Aissatou Niang Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen Sandra Valborg Løfberg Hye Jin Seo Hyon Jin Jeon Jessica Fung Deerin Jinkyung Park Frank Konings Mohammad Ali John D Clemens Peter Hughes Juliet Nsimire Sendagala Tobias Vudriko Robert Downing Usman N Ikumapayi Grant A Mackenzie Stephen Obaro Silvia Argimon David M Aanensen Andrew Page Jacqueline A Keane Sebastian Duchene Zoe Dyson Kathryn E Holt Gordon Dougan Florian Marks Stephen Baker

Nat Commun 2018 11 30;9(1):5094. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, 764 Vo Van Kiet, Quant 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07370-z
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07370-zDOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6269545PMC
November 2018

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Characteristics among HIV-Positive Households Participating in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study in Rural Western Kenya, 2008-2012.

Authors:
Kathrine A Schilling Alex O Awuor Anu Rajasingham Fenny Moke Richard Omore Manase Amollo Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Tracy Ayers Kayla Laserson Anna Blackstock Richard Rothenberg Christine E Stauber Eric D Mintz Robert F Breiman Ciara E O'Reilly

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018 Oct;99(4):905-915

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0774
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0774DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159571PMC
October 2018

Typhoid Fever: Way Forward.

Authors:
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Michelle F Gaffey John A Crump Duncan Steele Robert F Breiman Eric D Mintz Robert E Black Stephen P Luby Myron M Levine

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018 09 24;99(3_Suppl):89-96. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

Global Health, Vaccinology and Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0111
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0111DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6128357PMC
September 2018

Introductory Article on Global Burden and Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever.

Authors:
Amruta Radhakrishnan Daina Als Eric D Mintz John A Crump Jefferey Stanaway Robert F Breiman Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018 09 24;99(3_Suppl):4-9. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0032DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6128367PMC
September 2018

Global Distribution of Invasive Serotype 35D Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates following Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.

Authors:
Stephanie W Lo Rebecca A Gladstone Andries J van Tonder Paulina A Hawkins Brenda Kwambana-Adams Jennifer E Cornick Shabir A Madhi Susan A Nzenze Mignon du Plessis Rama Kandasamy Philip E Carter Özgen Köseoglu Eser Pak Leung Ho Naima Elmdaghri Sadia Shakoor Stuart C Clarke Martin Antonio Dean B Everett Anne von Gottberg Keith P Klugman Lesley McGee Robert F Breiman Stephen D Bentley

J Clin Microbiol 2018 07 25;56(7). Epub 2018 Jun 25.

Infection Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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http://jcm.asm.org/lookup/doi/10.1128/JCM.00228-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00228-18DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018339PMC
July 2018

Clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics associated with Cryptosporidium infection among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

Authors:
Miranda J Delahoy Richard Omore Tracy L Ayers Katharine A Schilling Anna J Blackstock J Benjamin Ochieng Feny Moke Peter Jaron Alex Awuor Caleb Okonji Jane Juma Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin Sandra Panchalingam James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Joseph Oundo Dawn M Roellig Lihua Xiao Michele B Parsons Kayla Laserson Eric D Mintz Robert F Breiman Ciara E O'Reilly

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 07 12;12(7):e0006640. Epub 2018 Jul 12.

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006640DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057667PMC
July 2018

Antimicrobial resistance determinants and susceptibility profiles of pneumococcal isolates recovered in Trinidad and Tobago.

Authors:
Paulina A Hawkins Patrick E Akpaka Michele Nurse-Lucas Rebecca Gladstone Stephen D Bentley Robert F Breiman Lesley McGee William H Swanston

J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2017 12 14;11:148-151. Epub 2017 Aug 14.

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2017.08.004DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711790PMC
December 2017

Key features of invasive pneumococcal isolates recovered in Lima, Peru determined through whole genome sequencing.

Authors:
Paulina Hawkins Erik Mercado Sopio Chochua Maria E Castillo Isabel Reyes Eduardo Chaparro Rebecca Gladstone Stephen D Bentley Robert F Breiman Benjamin J Metcalf Bernard Beall Theresa J Ochoa Lesley McGee

Int J Med Microbiol 2017 Oct 22;307(7):415-421. Epub 2017 Jul 22.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.07.008DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615106PMC
October 2017

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study.

Authors:
Ting Shi David A McAllister Katherine L O'Brien Eric A F Simoes Shabir A Madhi Bradford D Gessner Fernando P Polack Evelyn Balsells Sozinho Acacio Claudia Aguayo Issifou Alassani Asad Ali Martin Antonio Shally Awasthi Juliet O Awori Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner Henry C Baggett Vicky L Baillie Angel Balmaseda Alfredo Barahona Sudha Basnet Quique Bassat Wilma Basualdo Godfrey Bigogo Louis Bont Robert F Breiman W Abdullah Brooks Shobha Broor Nigel Bruce Dana Bruden Philippe Buchy Stuart Campbell Phyllis Carosone-Link Mandeep Chadha James Chipeta Monidarin Chou Wilfrido Clara Cheryl Cohen Elizabeth de Cuellar Duc-Anh Dang Budragchaagiin Dash-Yandag Maria Deloria-Knoll Mukesh Dherani Tekchheng Eap Bernard E Ebruke Marcela Echavarria Carla Cecília de Freitas Lázaro Emediato Rodrigo A Fasce Daniel R Feikin Luzhao Feng Angela Gentile Aubree Gordon Doli Goswami Sophie Goyet Michelle Groome Natasha Halasa Siddhivinayak Hirve Nusrat Homaira Stephen R C Howie Jorge Jara Imane Jroundi Cissy B Kartasasmita Najwa Khuri-Bulos Karen L Kotloff Anand Krishnan Romina Libster Olga Lopez Marilla G Lucero Florencia Lucion Socorro P Lupisan Debora N Marcone John P McCracken Mario Mejia Jennifer C Moisi Joel M Montgomery David P Moore Cinta Moraleda Jocelyn Moyes Patrick Munywoki Kuswandewi Mutyara Mark P Nicol D James Nokes Pagbajabyn Nymadawa Maria Tereza da Costa Oliveira Histoshi Oshitani Nitin Pandey Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà Lia N Phillips Valentina Sanchez Picot Mustafizur Rahman Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo Zeba A Rasmussen Barbara A Rath Annick Robinson Candice Romero Graciela Russomando Vahid Salimi Pongpun Sawatwong Nienke Scheltema Brunhilde Schweiger J Anthony G Scott Phil Seidenberg Kunling Shen Rosalyn Singleton Viviana Sotomayor Tor A Strand Agustinus Sutanto Mariam Sylla Milagritos D Tapia Somsak Thamthitiwat Elizabeth D Thomas Rafal Tokarz Claudia Turner Marietjie Venter Sunthareeya Waicharoen Jianwei Wang Wanitda Watthanaworawit Lay-Myint Yoshida Hongjie Yu Heather J Zar Harry Campbell Harish Nair

Lancet 2017 Sep 7;390(10098):946-958. Epub 2017 Jul 7.

Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592248PMC
September 2017

Epidemiology, Seasonality and Factors Associated with Rotavirus Infection among Children with Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Rural Western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

Authors:
Richard Omore Jacqueline E Tate Ciara E O'Reilly Tracy Ayers John Williamson Feny Moke Katie A Schilling Alex O Awuor Peter Jaron John B Ochieng Joseph Oundo Umesh D Parashar Michele B Parsons Cheryl C Bopp Dilruba Nasrin Tamer H Farag Karen L Kotloff James P Nataro Sandra Panchalingam Myron M Levine Kayla F Laserson J Pekka Nuorti Eric D Mintz Robert F Breiman

PLoS One 2016 5;11(8):e0160060. Epub 2016 Aug 5.

Global Disease Detection Division, Kenya Office of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160060PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975461PMC
August 2017

Population genetic structure, antibiotic resistance, capsule switching and evolution of invasive pneumococci before conjugate vaccination in Malawi.

Authors:
Chrispin Chaguza Jennifer E Cornick Cheryl P Andam Rebecca A Gladstone Maaike Alaerts Patrick Musicha Chikondi Peno Naor Bar-Zeev Arox W Kamng'ona Anmol M Kiran Chisomo L Msefula Lesley McGee Robert F Breiman Aras Kadioglu Neil French Robert S Heyderman William P Hanage Stephen D Bentley Dean B Everett

Vaccine 2017 08 12;35(35 Pt B):4594-4602. Epub 2017 Jul 12.

Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.009DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571440PMC
August 2017

Animal-related factors associated with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in children younger than five years in western Kenya: A matched case-control study.

Authors:
Anne Conan Ciara E O'Reilly Eric Ogola J Benjamin Ochieng Anna J Blackstock Richard Omore Linus Ochieng Fenny Moke Michele B Parsons Lihua Xiao Dawn Roellig Tamer H Farag James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Eric D Mintz Robert F Breiman Sarah Cleaveland Darryn L Knobel

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 Aug 4;11(8):e0005795. Epub 2017 Aug 4.

Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis.

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https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005795
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005795DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5559092PMC
August 2017

Factors Associated with the Duration of Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea among Children in Rural Western Kenya Enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2008-2012.

Authors:
Katharine A Schilling Richard Omore Gordana Derado Tracy Ayers John B Ochieng Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin Sandra Panchalingam James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Joseph Oundo Michelle B Parsons Cheryl Bopp Kayla Laserson Christine E Stauber Richard Rothenberg Robert F Breiman Ciara E O'Reilly Eric D Mintz

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017 Jul;97(1):248-258

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0898DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508904PMC
July 2017

Precisely Tracking Childhood Death.

Authors:
Tamer H Farag Jeffrey P Koplan Robert F Breiman Shabir A Madhi Penny M Heaton Trevor Mundel Jaume Ordi Quique Bassat Clara Menendez Scott F Dowell

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017 Jul;97(1):3-5

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0302DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508885PMC
July 2017

Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study.

Authors:
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Lancet Glob Health 2017 03;5(3):e310-e323

International Vaccine Institute, SNU Research Park, Seoul, South Korea.

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March 2017

Population-Based Incidence Rates of Diarrheal Disease Associated with Norovirus, Sapovirus, and Astrovirus in Kenya.

Authors:
Kayoko Shioda Leonard Cosmas Allan Audi Nicole Gregoricus Jan Vinjé Umesh D Parashar Joel M Montgomery Daniel R Feikin Robert F Breiman Aron J Hall

PLoS One 2016 26;11(4):e0145943. Epub 2016 Apr 26.

Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

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February 2017

Pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic susceptibility patterns from two cross-sectional colonization surveys among children aged <5 years prior to the introduction of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - Kenya, 2009-2010.

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Miwako Kobayashi Laura M Conklin Godfrey Bigogo Geofrey Jagero Lee Hampton Katherine E Fleming-Dutra Muthoni Junghae Maria da Gloria Carvalho Fabiana Pimenta Bernard Beall Thomas Taylor Kayla F Laserson John Vulule Chris Van Beneden Lindsay Kim Daniel R Feikin Cynthia G Whitney Robert F Breiman

BMC Infect Dis 2017 01 5;17(1):25. Epub 2017 Jan 5.

International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

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January 2017

Intussusception Cases Among Children Admitted to Referral Hospitals in Kenya, 2002-2013: Implications for Monitoring Postlicensure Safety of Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa.

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Richard Omore Francis Osawa Janet Musia Brian Rha Amina Ismail Nicholas Mukaria Kiulia Fenny Moke John Vulule Anthony Mungai Wainaina John Tole Stanley Mugambi Machoki J Pekka Nuorti Robert F Breiman Umesh D Parashar Joel M Montgomery Jacqueline E Tate

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2016 Dec 25;5(4):465-469. Epub 2015 Aug 25.

Division of Viral Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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December 2016

Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis).

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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016 Nov 8;66(11):4512-4517. Epub 2016 Aug 8.

1​Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.

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November 2016

Aeromonas-Associated Diarrhea in Children Under 5 Years: The GEMS Experience.

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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 10 15;95(4):774-780. Epub 2016 Aug 15.

Vaccine Development and Surveillance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.

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October 2016

Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa.

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Vanessa K Wong Kathryn E Holt Chinyere Okoro Stephen Baker Derek J Pickard Florian Marks Andrew J Page Grace Olanipekun Huda Munir Roxanne Alter Paul D Fey Nicholas A Feasey Francois-Xavier Weill Simon Le Hello Peter J Hart Samuel Kariuki Robert F Breiman Melita A Gordon Robert S Heyderman Jan Jacobs Octavie Lunguya Chisomo Msefula Calman A MacLennan Karen H Keddy Anthony M Smith Robert S Onsare Elizabeth De Pinna Satheesh Nair Ben Amos Gordon Dougan Stephen Obaro

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 Sep 22;10(9):e0004781. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America.

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September 2016

Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study.

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Jie Liu James A Platts-Mills Jane Juma Furqan Kabir Joseph Nkeze Catherine Okoi Darwin J Operario Jashim Uddin Shahnawaz Ahmed Pedro L Alonso Martin Antonio Stephen M Becker William C Blackwelder Robert F Breiman Abu S G Faruque Barry Fields Jean Gratz Rashidul Haque Anowar Hossain M Jahangir Hossain Sheikh Jarju Farah Qamar Najeeha Talat Iqbal Brenda Kwambana Inacio Mandomando Timothy L McMurry Caroline Ochieng John B Ochieng Melvin Ochieng Clayton Onyango Sandra Panchalingam Adil Kalam Fatima Aziz Shahida Qureshi Thandavarayan Ramamurthy James H Roberts Debasish Saha Samba O Sow Suzanne E Stroup Dipika Sur Boubou Tamboura Mami Taniuchi Sharon M Tennant Deanna Toema Yukun Wu Anita Zaidi James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Eric R Houpt

Lancet 2016 Sep;388(10051):1291-301

Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address:

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September 2016

Evaluation of urine pneumococcal antigen test performance among adults in Western Kenya.

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Lee M Hampton Godfrey Bigogo Geofrey Jagero Maria da Gloria Carvalho Fabiana Pimenta Muthoni Junghae Robert F Breiman Cynthia G Whitney Daniel R Feikin Laura M Conklin

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016 Aug 6;85(4):405-8. Epub 2016 May 6.

Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

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August 2016

Predictive Factors and Risk Mapping for Rift Valley Fever Epidemics in Kenya.

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Peninah M Munyua R Mbabu Murithi Peter Ithondeka Allen Hightower Samuel M Thumbi Samuel A Anyangu Jusper Kiplimo Bernard Bett Anton Vrieling Robert F Breiman M Kariuki Njenga

PLoS One 2016 25;11(1):e0144570. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

Global Disease Detection Division, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

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July 2016

Risk of Injection-Site Abscess among Infants Receiving a Preservative-Free, Two-Dose Vial Formulation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Kenya.

Authors:
Deron C Burton Godfrey M Bigogo Allan O Audi John Williamson Kenneth Munge Jackline Wafula Dominic Ouma Sammy Khagayi Isaac Mugoya James Mburu Shadrack Muema Evasius Bauni Tahreni Bwanaali Daniel R Feikin Peter M Ochieng Ondari D Mogeni George A Otieno Beatrice Olack Tatu Kamau Melissa K Van Dyke Robert Chen Paddy Farrington Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman J Anthony G Scott Kayla F Laserson

PLoS One 2015 28;10(10):e0141896. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya; Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

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June 2016

Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Bangladeshi Children Before Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.

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Samir K Saha Belal Hossain Maksuda Islam Md Hasanuzzaman Shampa Saha Mohammad Hasan Gary L Darmstadt Mrittika Chowdury Shams El Arifeen Abdullah H Baqui Robert F Breiman Mathuram Santosham Stephen P Luby Cynthia G Whitney

Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016 06;35(6):655-61

From the *Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; †Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California; ‡Department of Child and Adolescent Health, ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh; §Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; ¶Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; ‖Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California; and **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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June 2016

Improving Capture of Vaccine History: Case Study from an Evaluation of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction in Kenya.

Authors:
Aaron M Harris George Aol Dominic Ouma Godfrey Bigogo Joel M Montgomery Cynthia G Whitney Robert F Breiman Lindsay Kim

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 06 2;94(6):1400-2. Epub 2016 May 2.

Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya; Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

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June 2016

The Unrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Kenyan Children, 2008-2012.

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Meredith L McMorrow Gideon O Emukule Henry N Njuguna Godfrey Bigogo Joel M Montgomery Bryan Nyawanda Allan Audi Robert F Breiman Mark A Katz Leonard Cosmas Lilian W Waiboci Jazmin Duque Marc-Alain Widdowson Joshua A Mott

PLoS One 2015 17;10(9):e0138272. Epub 2015 Sep 17.

Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; United States Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya Country Office, Nairobi, Kenya.

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May 2016

The Relationship Between Distance to Water Source and Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in the Global Enterics Multi-Center Study in Kenya, 2008-2011.

Authors:
Benjamin L Nygren Ciara E O'Reilly Anangu Rajasingham Richard Omore Maurice Ombok Alex O Awuor Peter Jaron Fenny Moke John Vulule Kayla Laserson Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin James P Nataro Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine Gordana Derado Tracy L Ayers R Ryan Lash Robert F Breiman Eric D Mintz

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 May 29;94(5):1143-9. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kisumu, Kenya; Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

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May 2016

Phylogenetic Analysis of Invasive Serotype 1 Pneumococcus in South Africa, 1989 to 2013.

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Mignon du Plessis Mushal Allam Stefano Tempia Nicole Wolter Linda de Gouveia Claire von Mollendorf Keith A Jolley Nontombi Mbelle Jeannette Wadula Jennifer E Cornick Dean B Everett Lesley McGee Robert F Breiman Rebecca A Gladstone Stephen D Bentley Keith P Klugman Anne von Gottberg

J Clin Microbiol 2016 05 9;54(5):1326-34. Epub 2016 Mar 9.

Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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May 2016

Sanitation and Hygiene-Specific Risk Factors for Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Young Children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2007-2011: Case-Control Study.

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Kelly K Baker Ciara E O'Reilly Myron M Levine Karen L Kotloff James P Nataro Tracy L Ayers Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin William C Blackwelder Yukun Wu Pedro L Alonso Robert F Breiman Richard Omore Abu S G Faruque Sumon Kumar Das Shahnawaz Ahmed Debasish Saha Samba O Sow Dipika Sur Anita K M Zaidi Fahreen Quadri Eric D Mintz

PLoS Med 2016 May 3;13(5):e1002010. Epub 2016 May 3.

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

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May 2016

The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

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Samba O Sow Khitam Muhsen Dilruba Nasrin William C Blackwelder Yukun Wu Tamer H Farag Sandra Panchalingam Dipika Sur Anita K M Zaidi Abu S G Faruque Debasish Saha Richard Adegbola Pedro L Alonso Robert F Breiman Quique Bassat Boubou Tamboura Doh Sanogo Uma Onwuchekwa Byomkesh Manna Thandavarayan Ramamurthy Suman Kanungo Shahnawaz Ahmed Shahida Qureshi Farheen Quadri Anowar Hossain Sumon K Das Martin Antonio M Jahangir Hossain Inacio Mandomando Tacilta Nhampossa Sozinho Acácio Richard Omore Joseph O Oundo John B Ochieng Eric D Mintz Ciara E O'Reilly Lynette Y Berkeley Sofie Livio Sharon M Tennant Halvor Sommerfelt James P Nataro Tomer Ziv-Baran Roy M Robins-Browne Vladimir Mishcherkin Jixian Zhang Jie Liu Eric R Houpt Karen L Kotloff Myron M Levine

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 05 24;10(5):e0004729. Epub 2016 May 24.

Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

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May 2016

Seroprevalence of Infections with Dengue, Rift Valley Fever and Chikungunya Viruses in Kenya, 2007.

Authors:
Caroline Ochieng Petronella Ahenda Amy Y Vittor Raymond Nyoka Stella Gikunju Cyrus Wachira Lilian Waiboci Mamo Umuro Andrea A Kim Leonard Nderitu Bonventure Juma Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman Barry Fields

PLoS One 2015 15;10(7):e0132645. Epub 2015 Jul 15.

Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

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April 2016

Weekly miscarriage rates in a community-based prospective cohort study in rural western Kenya.

Authors:
Stephanie Dellicour George Aol Peter Ouma Nicole Yan Godfrey Bigogo Mary J Hamel Deron C Burton Martina Oneko Robert F Breiman Laurence Slutsker Daniel Feikin Simon Kariuki Frank Odhiambo Gregory Calip Andreas Stergachis Kayla F Laserson Feiko O ter Kuile Meghna Desai

BMJ Open 2016 Apr 15;6(4):e011088. Epub 2016 Apr 15.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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April 2016

Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.

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Mark A Katz Emmaculate Lebo Gideon O Emukule Nancy Otieno Deborah L Caselton Godfrey Bigogo Henry Njuguna Philip M Muthoka Lilian W Waiboci Marc-Alain Widdowson Xiyan Xu Moses K Njenga Joshua A Mott Robert F Breiman

Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016 Mar;35(3):322-9

From the *US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya; †Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Government of Kenya; ‡Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control-Kenya; §University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; ¶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta; and ‖Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

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March 2016

The Relationship Between Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella Disease, Other Bacterial Bloodstream Infections, and Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Se Eun Park Gi Deok Pak Peter Aaby Yaw Adu-Sarkodie Mohammad Ali Abraham Aseffa Holly M Biggs Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen Robert F Breiman John A Crump Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Muna Ahmed Eltayeb Nagla Gasmelseed Julian T Hertz Justin Im Anna Jaeger Leon Parfait Kabore Vera von Kalckreuth Karen H Keddy Frank Konings Ralf Krumkamp Calman A MacLennan Christian G Meyer Joel M Montgomery Aissatou Ahmet Niang Chelsea Nichols Beatrice Olack Ursula Panzner Jin Kyung Park Henintsoa Rabezanahary Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Emmanuel Sampo Nimako Sarpong Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt Arvinda Sooka Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Amy Gassama Sow Adama Tall Mekonnen Teferi Biruk Yeshitela Jürgen May Thomas F Wierzba John D Clemens Stephen Baker Florian Marks

Clin Infect Dis 2016 Mar;62 Suppl 1:S23-31

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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March 2016

A Multicountry Molecular Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi With Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Hassan M Al-Emran Daniel Eibach Ralf Krumkamp Mohammad Ali Stephen Baker Holly M Biggs Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen Robert F Breiman John D Clemens John A Crump Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Jessica Deerin Denise Myriam Dekker Amy Gassama Sow Julian T Hertz Justin Im Samuel Ibrango Vera von Kalckreuth Leon Parfait Kabore Frank Konings Sandra Valborg Løfberg Christian G Meyer Eric D Mintz Joel M Montgomery Beatrice Olack Gi Deok Pak Ursula Panzner Se Eun Park Jean Luco Tsiriniaina Razafindrabe Henintsoa Rabezanahary Jean Philibert Rakotondrainiarivelo Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Tiana Mirana Raminosoa Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt Emmanuel Sampo Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Adama Tall Michelle Warren Thomas F Wierzba Jürgen May Florian Marks

Clin Infect Dis 2016 Mar;62 Suppl 1:S42-6

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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March 2016

The Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program (TSAP): Clinical, Diagnostic, and Epidemiological Methodologies.

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Vera von Kalckreuth Frank Konings Peter Aaby Yaw Adu-Sarkodie Mohammad Ali Abraham Aseffa Stephen Baker Robert F Breiman Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen John D Clemens John A Crump Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Jessica Fung Deerin Nagla Gasmelseed Amy Gassama Sow Justin Im Karen H Keddy Leonard Cosmas Jürgen May Christian G Meyer Eric D Mintz Joel M Montgomery Beatrice Olack Gi Deok Pak Ursula Panzner Se Eun Park Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt Abdramane Bassiahi Soura Michelle R Warren Thomas F Wierzba Florian Marks

Clin Infect Dis 2016 Mar;62 Suppl 1:S9-S16

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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March 2016

Beyond efficacy: The full public health impact of vaccines.

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Mitra Saadatian-Elahi Olaf Horstick Robert F Breiman Bradford D Gessner Duane J Gubler Jacques Louis Umesh D Parashar Roberto Tapia Valentina Picot Jean-Antoine Zinsou Christopher B Nelson

Vaccine 2016 Feb 23;34(9):1139-47. Epub 2016 Jan 23.

Sanofi Pasteur, Vaccination Policy Department, 2 Avenue du Pont Pasteur, 69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France.

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February 2016

The perils of straying from protocol: sampling bias and interviewer effects.

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Carrie J Ngongo Kevin D Frick Allen W Hightower Florence Alice Mathingau Heather Burke Robert F Breiman

PLoS One 2015 18;10(2):e0118025. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

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January 2016

Malaria Parasitemia Among Febrile Patients Seeking Clinical Care at an Outpatient Health Facility in an Urban Informal Settlement Area in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Henry N Njuguna Joel M Montgomery Leonard Cosmas Newton Wamola Joseph O Oundo Meghna Desai Ann M Buff Robert F Breiman

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 Jan 23;94(1):122-127. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

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January 2016

Serologic Evidence of the Geographic Distribution of Bacterial Zoonotic Agents in Kenya, 2007.

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Victor O Omballa Raymond N Musyoka Amy Y Vittor Kabura B Wamburu Cyrus M Wachira Lilian W Waiboci Mamo U Abudo Bonventure W Juma Andrea A Kim Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman Barry S Fields

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 Jan 23;94(1):43-51. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

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January 2016

High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction.

Authors:
Laura M Conklin Godfrey Bigogo Geofrey Jagero Lee Hampton Muthoni Junghae Maria da Gloria Carvalho Fabiana Pimenta Bernard Beall Thomas Taylor Brian Plikaytis Kayla F Laserson John Vulule Chris Van Beneden Cynthia G Whitney Robert F Breiman Daniel R Feikin

BMC Infect Dis 2016 Jan 16;16:18. Epub 2016 Jan 16.

Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kisumu, Kenya.

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January 2016

Video surveillance captures student hand hygiene behavior, reactivity to observation, and peer influence in Kenyan primary schools.

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Amy J Pickering Annalise G Blum Robert F Breiman Pavani K Ram Jennifer Davis

PLoS One 2014 27;9(3):e92571. Epub 2014 Mar 27.

Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America; Environment and Water Studies, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.

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December 2015

Linking human health and livestock health: a "one-health" platform for integrated analysis of human health, livestock health, and economic welfare in livestock dependent communities.

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S M Thumbi M Kariuki Njenga Thomas L Marsh Susan Noh Elkanah Otiang Peninah Munyua Linus Ochieng Eric Ogola Jonathan Yoder Allan Audi Joel M Montgomery Godfrey Bigogo Robert F Breiman Guy H Palmer Terry F McElwain

PLoS One 2015 23;10(3):e0120761. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.

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December 2015

Risk factors of hypertension among adults aged 35-64 years living in an urban slum Nairobi, Kenya.

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Beatrice Olack Fred Wabwire-Mangen Liam Smeeth Joel M Montgomery Noah Kiwanuka Robert F Breiman

BMC Public Health 2015 Dec 17;15:1251. Epub 2015 Dec 17.

Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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December 2015

Bloodstream Infections and Frequency of Pretreatment Associated With Age and Hospitalization Status in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Chelsea Nichols Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza Vera von Kalckreuth Peter Aaby Muna Ahmed El Tayeb Mohammad Ali Abraham Aseffa Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen Robert F Breiman Leonard Cosmas John A Crump Denise Myriam Dekker Amy Gassama Sow Nagla Gasmelseed Julian T Hertz Justin Im Leon Parfait Kabore Karen H Keddy Frank Konings Sandra Valborg Løfberg Christian G Meyer Joel M Montgomery Aissatou Niang Andriamampionona Njariharinjakamampionona Beatrice Olack Gi Deok Pak Ursula Panzner Jin Kyung Park Se Eun Park Henintsoa Rabezanahary Jean Philibert Rakotondrainiarivelo Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy Tiana Mirana Raminosoa Matthew P Rubach Mekonnen Teferi Hye Jin Seo Arvinda Sooka Abdramane Soura Adama Tall Trevor Toy Biruk Yeshitela John D Clemens Thomas F Wierzba Stephen Baker Florian Marks

Clin Infect Dis 2015 Nov;61 Suppl 4:S372-9

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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November 2015

Risks of miscarriage and inadvertent exposure to artemisinin derivatives in the first trimester of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in western Kenya.

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Stephanie Dellicour Meghna Desai George Aol Martina Oneko Peter Ouma Godfrey Bigogo Deron C Burton Robert F Breiman Mary J Hamel Laurence Slutsker Daniel Feikin Simon Kariuki Frank Odhiambo Jayesh Pandit Kayla F Laserson Greg Calip Andy Stergachis Feiko O ter Kuile

Malar J 2015 Nov 18;14:461. Epub 2015 Nov 18.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.

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November 2015

Results from the first six years of national sentinel surveillance for influenza in Kenya, July 2007-June 2013.

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Mark A Katz Philip Muthoka Gideon O Emukule Rosalia Kalani Henry Njuguna Lilian W Waiboci Jamal A Ahmed Godfrey Bigogo Daniel R Feikin Moses K Njenga Robert F Breiman Joshua A Mott

PLoS One 2014 23;9(6):e98615. Epub 2014 Jun 23.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya/Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.

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October 2015

Increased Rates of Respiratory and Diarrheal Illnesses in HIV-Negative Persons Living With HIV-Infected Individuals in a Densely Populated Urban Slum in Kenya.

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Joshua M Wong Leonard Cosmas Dhillon Nyachieo John M Williamson Beatrice Olack George Okoth Henry Njuguna Daniel R Feikin Heather Burke Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman

J Infect Dis 2015 Sep 25;212(5):745-53. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

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September 2015

The Role of HIV in the Household Introduction and Transmission of Influenza in an Urban Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-2011.

Authors:
Michael C Judd Gideon O Emukule Henry Njuguna Meredith L McMorrow Geoffrey O Arunga Mark A Katz Joel M Montgomery Joshua M Wong Robert F Breiman Joshua A Mott

J Infect Dis 2015 Sep 25;212(5):740-4. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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September 2015

Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events.

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Nat Genet 2015 Jun 11;47(6):632-9. Epub 2015 May 11.

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.

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June 2015

Defining the phylogenomics of Shigella species: a pathway to diagnostics.

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Jason W Sahl Carolyn R Morris Jennifer Emberger Claire M Fraser John Benjamin Ochieng Jane Juma Barry Fields Robert F Breiman Matthew Gilmour James P Nataro David A Rasko

J Clin Microbiol 2015 Mar 14;53(3):951-60. Epub 2015 Jan 14.

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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March 2015

Prevalence and diversity of small mammal-associated Bartonella species in rural and urban Kenya.

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Jo E B Halliday Darryn L Knobel Bernard Agwanda Ying Bai Robert F Breiman Sarah Cleaveland M Kariuki Njenga Michael Kosoy

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015 Mar 17;9(3):e0003608. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.

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March 2015

Severe acute respiratory infection in children in a densely populated urban slum in Kenya, 2007-2011.

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Robert F Breiman Leonard Cosmas M Njenga John Williamson Joshua A Mott Mark A Katz Dean D Erdman Eileen Schneider M Oberste John C Neatherlin Henry Njuguna Daniel M Ondari Kennedy Odero George O Okoth Beatrice Olack Newton Wamola Joel M Montgomery Barry S Fields Daniel R Feikin

BMC Infect Dis 2015 Feb 25;15:95. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

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February 2015

Predicting mortality among hospitalized children with respiratory illness in Western Kenya, 2009-2012.

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Gideon O Emukule Meredith McMorrow Chulie Ulloa Sammy Khagayi Henry N Njuguna Deron Burton Joel M Montgomery Philip Muthoka Mark A Katz Robert F Breiman Joshua A Mott

PLoS One 2014 25;9(3):e92968. Epub 2014 Mar 25.

Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya (KEMRI/CDC), Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya.

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January 2015

Village-randomized clinical trial of home distribution of zinc for treatment of childhood diarrhea in rural Western kenya.

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Daniel R Feikin Godfrey Bigogo Allan Audi Sherri L Pals George Aol Charles Mbakaya John Williamson Robert F Breiman Charles P Larson

PLoS One 2014 16;9(5):e94436. Epub 2014 May 16.

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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January 2015

Mortality trends observed in population-based surveillance of an urban slum settlement, Kibera, Kenya, 2007-2010.

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Beatrice Olack Daniel R Feikin Leonard O Cosmas Kennedy O Odero George O Okoth Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman

PLoS One 2014 28;9(1):e85913. Epub 2014 Jan 28.

Global Disease Detection Division, Kenya Office of the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

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December 2014

Demographic, socio-economic and geographic determinants of seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in rural western Kenya, 2011.

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Nancy A Otieno Bryan O Nyawanda Allan Audi Gideon Emukule Emmaculate Lebo Godfrey Bigogo Rachel Ochola Phillip Muthoka Marc-Alain Widdowson David K Shay Deron C Burton Robert F Breiman Mark A Katz Joshua A Mott

Vaccine 2014 Nov 22;32(49):6699-704. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Influenza Division, Atlanta, GA, United States.

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November 2014

Global child health: a call to collaborative action for academic health centers.

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Parminder S Suchdev Robert F Breiman Barbara J Stoll

JAMA Pediatr 2014 Nov;168(11):983-4

Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia2Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.

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November 2014

Shigella isolates from the global enteric multicenter study inform vaccine development.

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Sofie Livio Nancy A Strockbine Sandra Panchalingam Sharon M Tennant Eileen M Barry Mark E Marohn Martin Antonio Anowar Hossain Inacio Mandomando John B Ochieng Joseph O Oundo Shahida Qureshi Thandavarayan Ramamurthy Boubou Tamboura Richard A Adegbola Mohammed Jahangir Hossain Debasish Saha Sunil Sen Abu Syed Golam Faruque Pedro L Alonso Robert F Breiman Anita K M Zaidi Dipika Sur Samba O Sow Lynette Y Berkeley Ciara E O'Reilly Eric D Mintz Kousick Biswas Dani Cohen Tamer H Farag Dilruba Nasrin Yukun Wu William C Blackwelder Karen L Kotloff James P Nataro Myron M Levine

Clin Infect Dis 2014 Oct 23;59(7):933-41. Epub 2014 Jun 23.

Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

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October 2014

High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health.

Authors:
Alice N Maina Ju Jiang Sylvia A Omulo Sally J Cutler Fredrick Ade Eric Ogola Daniel R Feikin M Kariuki Njenga Sarah Cleaveland Solomon Mpoke Zipporah Ng'ang'a Robert F Breiman Darryn L Knobel Allen L Richards

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2014 Oct;14(10):693-702

1 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology , Nairobi, Kenya .

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October 2014

Sustained high incidence of injuries from burns in a densely populated urban slum in Kenya: an emerging public health priority.

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Joshua M Wong Dhillon O Nyachieo Noelle A Benzekri Leonard Cosmas Daniel Ondari Shahla Yekta Joel M Montgomery John M Williamson Robert F Breiman

Burns 2014 Sep 22;40(6):1194-200. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Global Disease Detection Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nairobi, Kenya and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-CDC Research Collaboration. Electronic address:

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September 2014

Surveillance for respiratory health care-associated infections among inpatients in 3 Kenyan hospitals, 2010-2012.

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Linus K Ndegwa Mark A Katz Kelly McCormick Z Nganga Ann Mungai Gideon Emukule M K H M Kollmann Lilian Mayieka J Otieno Robert F Breiman Joshua A Mott Katherine Ellingson

Am J Infect Control 2014 Sep;42(9):985-90

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.

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September 2014

Molecular detection of adenoviruses, rhabdoviruses, and paramyxoviruses in bats from Kenya.

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Christina Conrardy Ying Tao Ivan V Kuzmin Michael Niezgoda Bernard Agwanda Robert F Breiman Larry J Anderson Charles E Rupprecht Suxiang Tong

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014 Aug 27;91(2):258-266. Epub 2014 May 27.

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August 2014

The impact of home-based HIV counseling and testing on care-seeking and incidence of common infectious disease syndromes in rural western Kenya.

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Godfrey Bigogo Manase Amolloh Kayla F Laserson Allan Audi Barrack Aura Warren Dalal Marta Ackers Deron Burton Robert F Breiman Daniel R Feikin

BMC Infect Dis 2014 Jul 8;14:376. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, P,O, Box 1578, 40100 Kisumu, Kenya.

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July 2014

Diarrhea in young children from low-income countries leads to large-scale alterations in intestinal microbiota composition.

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Mihai Pop Alan W Walker Joseph Paulson Brianna Lindsay Martin Antonio M Anowar Hossain Joseph Oundo Boubou Tamboura Volker Mai Irina Astrovskaya Hector Corrada Bravo Richard Rance Mark Stares Myron M Levine Sandra Panchalingam Karen Kotloff Usman N Ikumapayi Chinelo Ebruke Mitchell Adeyemi Dilruba Ahmed Firoz Ahmed Meer Taifur Alam Ruhul Amin Sabbir Siddiqui John B Ochieng Emmanuel Ouma Jane Juma Euince Mailu Richard Omore J Glenn Morris Robert F Breiman Debasish Saha Julian Parkhill James P Nataro O Colin Stine

Genome Biol 2014 Jun 27;15(6):R76. Epub 2014 Jun 27.

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June 2014

Health care utilization for acute illnesses in an urban setting with a refugee population in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional survey.

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Abdinoor Haji Mohamed Warren Dalal Raymond Nyoka Heather Burke Jamal Ahmed Erick Auko Wilbert Shihaji Irene Ndege Robert F Breiman Rachel B Eidex

BMC Health Serv Res 2014 May 2;14:200. Epub 2014 May 2.

Kenya Medical Research Institute, Mbagathi road off Mbagathi way, KEMRI main campus, CDC-Building, Nairobi, Kenya.

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May 2014

Examining strain diversity and phylogeography in relation to an unusual epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a long-term refugee camp in Kenya.

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Charles N Agoti Lillian M Mayieka James R Otieno Jamal A Ahmed Barry S Fields Lilian W Waiboci Raymond Nyoka Rachel B Eidex Nina Marano Wagacha Burton Joel M Montgomery Robert F Breiman D James Nokes

BMC Infect Dis 2014 Apr 1;14:178. Epub 2014 Apr 1.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.

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April 2014

IgA and neutralizing antibodies to influenza a virus in human milk: a randomized trial of antenatal influenza immunization.

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Elizabeth P Schlaudecker Mark C Steinhoff Saad B Omer Monica M McNeal Eliza Roy Shams E Arifeen Caitlin N Dodd Rubhana Raqib Robert F Breiman K Zaman

PLoS One 2013 14;8(8):e70867. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Global Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.

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March 2014

Human aflatoxin exposure in Kenya, 2007: a cross-sectional study.

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Ellen E Yard Johnni H Daniel Lauren S Lewis Michael E Rybak Ekaterina M Paliakov Andrea A Kim Joel M Montgomery Rebecca Bunnell Mamo Umuro Abudo Willis Akhwale Robert F Breiman Shahnaaz K Sharif

Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2013 14;30(7):1322-31. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Chamblee, GA, USA.

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January 2014

High burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in young children in rural western Kenya, 2010-2011.

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Sammy Khagayi Deron C Burton Reuben Onkoba Benjamin Ochieng Amina Ismail David Mutonga Junghae Muthoni Daniel R Feikin Robert F Breiman Jason M Mwenda Frank Odhiambo Kayla F Laserson

Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014 Jan;33 Suppl 1:S34-40

From the *Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi; ‡Division of Disease Surveillance and Response, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya; §WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; and †CDC-Kenya, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya.

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January 2014

Use of population-based surveillance to determine the incidence of rotavirus gastroenteritis in an urban slum and a rural setting in Kenya.

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Robert F Breiman Leonard Cosmas Allan Audi William Mwiti Henry Njuguna Godfrey M Bigogo Beatrice Olack John B Ochieng Newton Wamola Joel M Montgomery John Williamson Umesh D Parashar Deron C Burton Jacqueline E Tate Daniel R Feikin

Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014 Jan;33 Suppl 1:S54-61

From *Kenya Medical Research Institute-Global Disease Detection Division/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI-CDC), Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya; and †National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

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January 2014

Urban leptospirosis in Africa: a cross-sectional survey of Leptospira infection in rodents in the Kibera urban settlement, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Jo E B Halliday Darryn L Knobel Kathryn J Allan B Mark de C Bronsvoort Ian Handel Bernard Agwanda Sally J Cutler Beatrice Olack Ahmed Ahmed Rudy A Hartskeerl M Kariuki Njenga Sarah Cleaveland Robert F Breiman

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 Dec 30;89(6):1095-1102. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

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December 2013

Surveillance for respiratory infections in low- and middle-income countries: experience from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Disease Detection International Emerging Infections Program.

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Robert F Breiman Chris A Van Beneden Eileen C Farnon

J Infect Dis 2013 Dec;208 Suppl 3:S167-72

Global Disease Detection Regional Center, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya Office, Nairobi.

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December 2013

Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in rural and urban Kenya.

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Godfrey M Bigogo Robert F Breiman Daniel R Feikin Allan O Audi Barrack Aura Leonard Cosmas M Kariuki Njenga Barry S Fields Victor Omballa Henry Njuguna Peter M Ochieng Daniel O Mogeni George O Aol Beatrice Olack Mark A Katz Joel M Montgomery Deron C Burton

J Infect Dis 2013 Dec;208 Suppl 3:S207-16

International Emerging Infections Program.

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December 2013

Respiratory syncytial virus circulation in seven countries with Global Disease Detection Regional Centers.

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Amber K Haynes Arie P Manangan Marika K Iwane Katharine Sturm-Ramirez Nusrat Homaira W Abdullah Brooks Stephen Luby Mahmudur Rahman John D Klena Yuzhi Zhang Hongie Yu Faxian Zhan Erica Dueger Adel Mahmoud Mansour Nahed Azazzy John P McCracken Joe P Bryan Maria R Lopez Deron C Burton Godfrey Bigogo Robert F Breiman Daniel R Feikin Kariuki Njenga Joel Montgomery Adam L Cohen Jocelyn Moyes Marthi Pretorius Cheryl Cohen Marietjie Venter Malinee Chittaganpitch Somsak Thamthitiwat Pongpun Sawatwong Henry C Baggett George Luber Susan I Gerber

J Infect Dis 2013 Dec;208 Suppl 3:S246-54

Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases.

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December 2013

A national cholera epidemic with high case fatality rates--Kenya 2009.

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Anagha Loharikar Elizabeth Briere Maurice Ope Daniel Langat Ian Njeru Lucy Gathigi Lyndah Makayotto Abdirizak M Ismail Martin Thuranira Ahmed Abade Samuel Amwayi Jared Omolo Joe Oundo Kevin M De Cock Robert F Breiman Tracy Ayers Eric Mintz Ciara E O'Reilly

J Infect Dis 2013 Nov;208 Suppl 1:S69-77

Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development.

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November 2013

Survey of culture, goldengate assay, universal biosensor assay, and 16S rRNA Gene sequencing as alternative methods of bacterial pathogen detection.

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Brianna Lindsay Mihai Pop Martin Antonio Alan W Walker Volker Mai Dilruba Ahmed Joseph Oundo Boubou Tamboura Sandra Panchalingam Myron M Levine Karen Kotloff Shan Li Laurence S Magder Joseph N Paulson Bo Liu Usman Ikumapayi Chinelo Ebruke Michel Dione Mitchell Adeyemi Richard Rance Mark D Stares Maria Ukhanova Bret Barnes Ian Lewis Firoz Ahmed Meer Taifur Alam Ruhul Amin Sabbir Siddiqui John B Ochieng Emmanuel Ouma Jane Juma Eunice Mailu Richard Omore Ciara E O'Reilly James Hannis Sheri Manalili Jonna Deleon Irene Yasuda Lawrence Blyn Raymond Ranken Feng Li Roberta Housley David J Ecker M Anowar Hossain Robert F Breiman J Glenn Morris Timothy K McDaniel Julian Parkhill Debasish Saha Rangarajan Sampath O Colin Stine James P Nataro

J Clin Microbiol 2013 Oct 24;51(10):3263-9. Epub 2013 Jul 24.

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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October 2013

Access to waterless hand sanitizer improves student hand hygiene behavior in primary schools in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Amy J Pickering Jennifer Davis Annalise G Blum Jenna Scalmanini Beryl Oyier George Okoth Robert F Breiman Pavani K Ram

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 Sep 8;89(3):411-8. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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September 2013

Uptake and effectiveness of monovalent influenza A (H1N1) pandemic 2009 vaccine among healthcare personnel in Kenya, 2010.

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Vaccine 2013 Sep 13;31(41):4662-7. Epub 2013 Jul 13.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya (CDC-K), Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address:

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September 2013

Caretakers' perception towards using zinc to treat childhood diarrhoea in rural western Kenya.

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George A Otieno Godfrey M Bigogo Bryan O Nyawanda Frances Aboud Robert F Breiman Charles P Larson Daniel R Feikin

J Health Popul Nutr 2013 Sep;31(3):321-9

Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya;

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September 2013

Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya.

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Ju Jiang Alice N Maina Darryn L Knobel Sarah Cleaveland Anne Laudisoit Kabura Wamburu Eric Ogola Philippe Parola Robert F Breiman M Kariuki Njenga Allen L Richards

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 Aug 15;13(8):550-8. Epub 2013 May 15.

Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

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August 2013

Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study.

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Karen L Kotloff James P Nataro William C Blackwelder Dilruba Nasrin Tamer H Farag Sandra Panchalingam Yukun Wu Samba O Sow Dipika Sur Robert F Breiman Abu Sg Faruque Anita Km Zaidi Debasish Saha Pedro L Alonso Boubou Tamboura Doh Sanogo Uma Onwuchekwa Byomkesh Manna Thandavarayan Ramamurthy Suman Kanungo John B Ochieng Richard Omore Joseph O Oundo Anowar Hossain Sumon K Das Shahnawaz Ahmed Shahida Qureshi Farheen Quadri Richard A Adegbola Martin Antonio M Jahangir Hossain Adebayo Akinsola Inacio Mandomando Tacilta Nhampossa Sozinho Acácio Kousick Biswas Ciara E O'Reilly Eric D Mintz Lynette Y Berkeley Khitam Muhsen Halvor Sommerfelt Roy M Robins-Browne Myron M Levine

Lancet 2013 Jul 14;382(9888):209-22. Epub 2013 May 14.

Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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July 2013

Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract.

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Maria da Gloria Carvalho Fabiana C Pimenta Iaci Moura Alexis Roundtree Robert E Gertz Zhongya Li Geofrey Jagero Godfrey Bigogo Muthoni Junghae Laura Conklin Daniel R Feikin Robert F Breiman Cynthia G Whitney Bernard W Beall

PeerJ 2013 25;1:e97. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , USA.

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July 2013

Putting surveillance data into context: the role of health care utilization surveys in understanding population burden of pneumonia in developing countries.

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J Epidemiol Glob Health 2012 Jun 22;2(2):73-81. Epub 2012 May 22.

Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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